Typographical composing-machine.



C. MUEHLEISEN. TYPOGRAPHICAL commune MACHINE.

APPLIOATIGN FILED JUNE 26, 1913. Patented Feb. 24, 19%

warren STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARL MUEHLEISEN, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR T MERGENTHALER LINOTYPECOMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

messes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1914.

Application filed June 26, 1913. Serial No. 775,834.

To all whom it may concern:

9 Be it known.that I, CARL Monnnnrssn, a, citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at 23 Chausscestrasse, Berlin, N. 4, in the Empireof Germany, have invented 'new and useful Improvements in TypographicalComposing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a typographical composing machine hafving afixed assembler entrance and a plurality of magazines pivotally arrangedrelatively to the said entrance, which magazines, by means of magazineentrances movable with them, are in constant relation each with itsrespective distributor. When changin magazines in this kind of composingmac ine, the magazi es must be moved relatively to the fixed assemblerentrance in such a manner that the relationship between the saidmagazines and the magazine entrances shall not be so disturbed as tointerfere with the admission of the matrices into the magazines. "theaccurate admission of the matrices into one or other of the magazines issecured, when the distance between the matrices hanging on thedistributor bar and the partition or guide plates of the magazineentrance, is the same, or nearly the same, for each position of themagazines. The invention described in my former Patent No. 1,031,952dated July 9th, 1912, gave effect to this condition by arranging thepivotal about which each magazine, with its magazine entrance, wascapable of being turned, parallel with, and underi'ieath, the respectivedistributor bar and in, or nearly in, thehorizontal plane containing theupper edges of the guide plates of the magazine entrance.

In the just-named arrangement it was not found convenient for a pivot tobe located at that end of the distributor mechanism at which it receivesthe matrices, for the reason that the best position that the said pivotcould occupy is already occupied ,by the distributor lift bo,\' or otheradjacent parts of the distributor mechanism. .The

said pivot, according to the present invcn-.

tion, is thcrefore replaced by a curved uidc or track which can belocated beneath the aforesaid lift box, and which fulfils the samefunction as the said pivot.

Referring to the accompanyin draw: ings:-Figuro 1 is a right-hand sideelevation and Fig. 2 a rear elevation, both partly the presentimprovements.

The two magazines 1, 2 have rigidly attached each to its right-handupper end, a pivot 3, 4 respectively, free to rock in a stationarybracket or arm pivots may be fast to the bracket 5 and the "magazinesbe'capable of being rocked relatively thereto, The magazines thus rockabout independent axes and therefore shift relatively'to each otherduring their rock.- ing movement. I Adjacent to the left-hand upper endof the magazines 1, 2, there are provided two stationary segmental ways01' tracks (3, 7 .which may conveniently be formed on a single castingor bracket 8 secured to, or formed into ml with the distributor bracket9. The trac cs 6 and? are concentric with the axes of the pivots 3, 4respectively, and consequently present different curvatures so as topermit the relative shifting of the magazines during their conjointrocking movement. Each 'of the magazines 1, 2 or the fumes supportingthe said magazines has a pair of rollers 10, 1001' 11, 11 pivotallymounted thereon and supported on the respective track 6 0r 7. When, withthe foregoing arrzmgemcnl. the front ends of thc magazines 1, 2. areswungi upward or downward to bring: cithrr one of them into operativerelation to the assembler entrance 13, the rollers 10, 11. travel overthe tracks 0, 7 respectively, the said tracks exercising on theleft-hand side of the magazines the same control as that excrcised bythe pivots 3, 4 on the right-hand side thereof, and this without in anyway obstructing or interfering with the freedolivery of the matrices tothe distributor mechanism, by the matrix lifter 12. beneath which, asshown in Fig. 2, the tracks (3, 7 are located. 1

The two rollers 10, 10 or 11, 11 are preferably situated at an angle of90 apart, so that there will always be one of'them tending to preventthe respective magazine from moving longitudinally or forwardly andanother of them tending to secure the upper end of the said magazineagainst transverse or downward displacement.

The before described apparatus is capable of being considerably modifiedwithoutdcparting from the spirit of the invention, for

5, Fig. 2; or the said in section, of part of a machine embodying 20while pmsiug into and out Of uchopemtive I iii) Mi segmunul 1. rzwhicai-mbli11g dc; coiiperutv with :1 single nmgazi'ie at a tin'hemnd a ph: 15raiity of m'mjnint'i'y movabie magazine, any selected one of which mayit? brought into operative relation {hex- 2w, the .said mam.- zinesbeing; nmunted so as 0 be capaliile of pivotal movement aboutindependent, axes position, a pivot suppmt-ing each image. zine at pineside and 1 siaionary curved track concentric with the pi oi supportingit at the other side. i I

2. In a t ipogi-aphical nmching, tii' rom binai ion of assemblingdevices i i quiipm'ate with a magazine at a time, 211K178 plurality of::0nj0in.1 qmovable Hm'ziZiilfS any selected one of which gna he brought36 into opei ative relation 1 to the said n'izigsizincs being mounted soas (U mi- 4 pabie uf pivotal movement about izidepemiem" axes whilepassing int'dmid mignf such operative position, a pivot supporting eachmagaziiie at 0119 side, :1 wztiomiqy curved track cnncentric Wit-hthgpivot, .sixpporiing it at the other side, and devices o'perzitiveiyconnected to the magazine capable uf'travgL ing over the said fifack.

40 In a typbgraphicai ma rhine, the com binatiori of assn'ilflingdevices to coiiperate with :1 single magazine at. 111112, and :1plurality of itoni'onu'ly movablv' mngazine any seiectcfl one asT711553}; via be broug'in.

4 into operative iliifiiiflll therezo, i'iue'sajizi nmgazines bt-i 11g iimmted so as to 0 capable 5 of piwnl movement oizt indizpendezit axes\vhiii; pnsflng into and out of, such. operative p": I

111.19 capable of traveh l .iiie pi .ialiy supported UlVfli track orguide iiifi side. nmc iine, the cam of magazines movzin y ELhi'fld one pasitinn, and a curved sup w. or "guide for each (if the mnf a rnrvaiumsof said Hacks being (LfierQn-i so as to pi'rmit relative. shifting of.the nmgazinc-g during their conjoint nm cimcnt.

(3. 111 a typographical i'rmcl'iine the combination of a pluralitv ofmagazines movableconjoiiitly to bring any selected one into operativepasitin the said IlhlLfflZiDQS being pin-tallysupgnu'twl at one sideupon fixed ingiypendent axes, and curved tracks or gnideg mm for bashnir:g 1zin -;.'t support the magazines at. the oppositeside.

i". In a typograpnia'al mnci'iinu, the. cumbinntimx of. :1 magazinemounted 1'0 Lin-n about iXQd axis: and z ii'ofa'ily suppnrteci at ninesim in saii'i-axis, mid a fixed support for the opposite side of thenmgiizine located below z riiiii axis and 12 .mi whibh the ma 'azine mayslide during its turning movement: V

In a typographicalmachine, a magazine moimted to turn about a. fixedaxis and pivotgfly supported at one side, and a fixed supporthfm' theopposite side of the magazine upon which the magazine may slide duringits turning movement.

In witnc erivhergof I have hereunto set in Emmi in the pr-sence of twoWitnesses CARL BHJEHLEISEN. Wfinesses: b

Hm RY HASPER Wommma HAUPT.

